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That John Eales gets everywhere. The former Wallabies skipper can be seen smiling from almost every street corner in Sydney. Eales’s work as one of Visa’s official rugby ambassadors and his starring role in the Victoria Bitter advertisements means he is the personality most associated with this World Cup.

He appears on bus-shelter posters, flags by Darling Harbour and giant images on the side of buildings in the Central Business District. He even surfaced on the national news in Canberra handing a World Cup shirt to President Bush at a party thrown by John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister. There